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Jimmy Fallon played a Disney Edition of “Box of Microphones” with Josh Gad on Tuesday’s  The Tonight Show.  They took turns singing random tunes while the microphones did strange and wonderful things with their voices. It ended, of course, with a duet singing of the title tune from  Beauty and the Beast . Gad is among the actors making the late-night TV rounds this week in promotion of Disney’s live-action remake of its hit animated movie, opening this week.

33 Nintendo comes out with mini console There’s another console joining the parade of machines set to hit the gaming landscape this year. But this one isn’t new at all: It’s actually a blast from gaming’s past. And by the sound of things, it’s a mix of awesome nostalgia and ever-so-slight disappointment. The NES Classic Edition will take longtime gamers back to the era of the 8-bit Nintendo, the beginning of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda and Metroid. It’s set to release on November 11 and will retail for $59.99. This year’s other new console promises to be far smaller than that old 8-bit Nintendo sitting in your closet, and it’ll have everything you need to get it working on a new-age TV, utilizing an HDMI cable and a new controller that looks just like that classic NES gamepad. The new machine includes some modern touches, too, sporting what is essentially a quicksave feature, and it will deliver 30 built-in games. It all had gamers instantl...